Gainesville's Spencer Ralston placed second in the 12-14 year old age group Dec. 29 at the two-day, 36-hole Donald Ross Junior Golf Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. After carding a 5-over par (145) through two rounds and in a three-way tie for the top spot, he finished with a par on the playoff hole to take second. On the first day, Ralston shot a 2-over (72) and rounded out the tournament with a 73 during the final round.

Lifting with a limited squad Saturday, the IronDawgs surrendered their Body By George Mini Meet title, which they had won two years straight, to the home gym's squad in Loganville, but still came away with four first places, records and a Best Lifter Trophy.

The Georgia IronDawgs helped Team USA get its second consecutive sweep at the Global Powerlifting Aliance Bench Press and Powerlifting Raw World Championships in Jonesboro last weekend in the Bench and Full-Team divisions.

C.J. Allen of Gainesville competed at the Southern Powerlifting Federation Record Breakers Meet in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and came home with a title and a new SPF world record in the Junior Men's equipped 275-pound bench press class. At a body weight of 265 pounds, Allen pressed 450 on his third lift.

Clemson sophomore and North Hall High graduate, Ty McCormack, was eighth in the ACC cross country championship men's race and earned his first All-ACC recognition at Clemson's Musser Farms course on Saturday.